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Thread: Has anyone ever tried Greygate Plastic Polish ?

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    Default Has anyone ever tried Greygate Plastic Polish ?

    One of my pet hates is, no matter how careful I am I always manage to get marks on turntable dust covers with even the gentlest dusting. Been doing some internet searching and came across this stuff, item info on their website says the RAF use the stuff for cleaning aircraft cockpit canopies, I was wondering if anyone can comment on its effectiveness on turntable lids.


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    Brasso’s good for it too.
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    I've tried Greygate for my TT lid - did a pretty good job without being spectacular, just don't set your expectations too high ...

    I tried K2 Lamp Doctor more recently, about the same result.
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    It’s general use is water displacement, hence on cockpits (no wipers).

    Perhaps you need something anti static, I’ve never found anything that works though!

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    Quote Originally Posted by steve-z View Post
    One of my pet hates is, no matter how careful I am I always manage to get marks on turntable dust covers with even the gentlest dusting. Been doing some internet searching and came across this stuff, item info on their website says the RAF use the stuff for cleaning aircraft cockpit canopies, I was wondering if anyone can comment on its effectiveness on turntable lids.


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    Is that the White stuff with the Red Castle on the label? If so its very thin & needs a lot of elbow grease but its not aggressive

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    Quote Originally Posted by Made in 1968 View Post
    Is that the White stuff with the Red Castle on the label? If so its very thin & needs a lot of elbow grease but its not aggressive
    Red label with a castle on it, yes, that’s the one.


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    Horses for courses, as they say......Greygate Plastic Polish is recognised and patternised for military use other than canopies. It is used for polishing screens and radar tables and does a good job.
    So if you have very light marks, it should do the job, but if your damage is more serious you may wish to start with Brasso as it is courser; bit like T-Cut, you can start with course and work down to fine for a good finish. Something like AutoGlym window polish, or even Duraglit will probably provide you with an acceptable finish.
    (I read somewhere that Delrin cannot be "polished"! However, by working through the different grades of very fine wet & dry and the polishes mentioned above, I managed to get a beautiful black finish on an arm board I made).
    You shouldn't do any damage by using any of the above, but you may be surprised just how much elbow grease is require, as Andre mentioned, to finish with something perfect.
    Good luck.

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    Sod the elbow grease, dremel and polishing mops.

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    Buy some car headlamp car polish, that works well, you shouldn't need to use the abrasive pads unless it is badly scratched already. just polish with lint free clothes, one to put on and one to polish off.
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    Can't believe that no one has suggested T Cut! There's the standard version and the one for Metallic finishes, which is gentler

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